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Ohio Jewish chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1931-05-22

Ohio Jewish Chronicle. (Columbus, Ohio), 1931-05-22, page 01

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Central Ohio's Only
Jewish Newspaper
Reaching Every Home
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted to American
and
Jewish Ideals
Vol. XV-^No. 21
COLUMBUS, OHIO, MAY 22, 1931
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
By the Way
By David Schwartz
Confirmation Services-Temple Israel, 18th and Bryden Road
The Nordic Benjamin
There is an old saw to the effect that —anybody can be a fool, but it takes a genius to be a blank foot. Of course, blank is something of a polite euphemism. I am reminded of that old proverb just now after tlipping throUgli a book on Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States.
The author of the book ia a historian by the name of Eckenrodc, a man who is competent in his field. Yet he sees the old battle between the North and the South as merely a struggle between the Nordic and non-Nordic elements for sur¬ vival. To him, the stand of the South was one of the last stands of the Nordic. Ridiculous as this is, the author makes himself more ridiculous by criticizing vir¬ tually all of the members of Jefferson Davis' cabinet, all save a few, one of whom is the Jew, Judah P. Benjamin.
In other words, according to this, au¬ thor, Benjamin became one of the main¬ springs in behalf of Nordic civilization I Wagner's Fantastic Theory Education, which explodes myths, seems to he able to breed quite as many as it explodes. Nothing is so absurd, but a good rationizer can turn it into a plausible philosophy,
.As Eckenrode turns the Southern fight into a Nordic fight, so Wagner developed a fantastic idea of the incapability of the Jew in music. Yet, almost all of the or¬ chestra leaders that produced his works were Jews.
Isn't Logic Wonderful? Yes, logic is a powerful thing. Sly fa¬ vorite .illustration of its powers of dis¬ tortion is that offered by Montaigne The great Frenchman showed that you can prove that pickles are thirst quenching. Pickles, he argued, make you drink. Drink is thirst quenching. Therefore, pickles are thirst quenching.
Purple Blooded Jevrs With the king of Roumania apparently persisting, according to the papers,-in his intention of making Mme. Lupcscu his wife, and with the Abyssinian king mar¬ rying a Jewess, we Jews will soon be swimming ih royal blood.
The truth is that in the royal veins gen¬ erally there is quite a bit of the Jewish red. The Austrian royal house, accord¬ ing to some, is the offspring of a Se¬ phardic Jew.
And the Spanish royalty has quite a Jewish mixture, " Old Ferdinand, the , spouse x>f .Isabella, was the son or grand¬ son—I don't recall which—of a Jewish mother.
Not All Esthers I suppose the average Jew takes delight in thinking of these Jewish queens. He! immediately begins to. think of Queen' Esther, who saved her people by marry¬ ing the Persian monarch.
I personally lack this consolation and assurance. I cannot help think of Ferdinand, Jewish grandson, who stood by and even approved of the terrible Spanish Inquisition.'
Chaplin and Nationalism
The Jew has been accused of being an
internationalist. Many of us have tried
to deny it, because internationalism seems
to conflict with patriotism.
Mr. Chaplin in London has just created something of a sensation by attacking patriotism as "insanity,",and contending that it will soon lead us into another war.
There is no question that the common., garden variety of patriotism is narrow¬ ing, selfish and something that we'll have to outgrow.
.There is, however, a form of patri¬ otisin—the natural love of a person for those nearest to him—which is quite nat¬ ural and which will probably always en¬ dure.
Interplanetariats But what I am thinking about now is another thing. Here, we have been ac¬ cused oi being internationalists. I. .look at Michelson, who has just died—I think of Einstein-^ and I am afraid that soon the charge will be that we've gone even beyond the . international—and become cosmic.
Calvin Coolidge at one time made the statement that if Michelson had put his mind to applied scienct, he could have become as distinguished in that field as Edison.
But Michelson, with the exception of some things in optics, confined himself to measuring things millions of mile? away from the earth. And Einstein, too, thinks of the Milky Wayr-and all of those other things in the neighboring suns, stars, and planets.
I wonder if some day, we Jews won't be accused—not of being internationalists, . but of being intcrplanetarists, or cos- micists. I
Michelson and Grant They told Michelson at Annapolis, when he was studying at - the Naval Academy, that if he attended to his "gunnery" instead of his, other scientific thingamajigs in which he was interested, that he might in time he of some service to his country.
Michelson got his appointment to An¬ napolis through the special favor of president Grant, and it is an odd fact that - Grant himself was looked upon rather askew while he was a student at the Military Academy.
And Grant liked the Military Academy, as little as the Military Academy relished him. While Grant was a student there, some member of Congress introduced a bill for the abolition of the Military Academy, and Grant watched the papers anxiously, hoping that the bill would pass, so that he would have an excuse for abandoning his military studies. Two Kinds of Notes A German hanker by the name of Fe¬ lix Mendelsohn has just been elected president of the International Chamber of Commerce which has just been meet¬ ing in Washington, He is a scion of the famous Mendel- (Contiitiifd on pagt 4)
Sunday Morning at 9:30, May 24th, 1931
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The following boys and girls will be consecrated into Judaism;
Helen Louise Arnold..; i 430 Morrison Avenue
Mildred Elaine Bottighcimcr ' 538 Carpenter Street
Robert A. GHck 081 S(>uth Columbia Avenue
Byron Richard Goldman 2545 Sherwood Road
Evelyn Jane Goldstein 17'1'1 Oak Street
Barbara Ann Jacobs. 403 N. Columbia Avenue
Rose E. Lazarus 172 S. Columbia Avenue
Robert Joseph Lehman... .' , , 1G32 Bryden Road
Madalync Lcc Maybrook.,., ^ ^ G85 Kimball Place
Ruth Deborah Miller...i. .'..*. ,.¦,.;..,76 Bullitt Park Place
Edith Sadousky .710 E. F\ilton Street
Faye Frances Silberstein ; 811 Pleasant Ridge Avenue
Betty Wallach ....;. .1340 Bryden Road
Owing to the great demand for scats on this day members are urged to be in Temple at 9:30. This service is easily one of our most beautiful and impressive of the entire year.
B'nai B'rith Head Sees Job Discrimination Chief Prob¬ lem Now Facing Jews
'iolanthe" Well Received by
Hundreds Present at Both
Performances
Will Be Repeated at Cleveland Public
Auditorium This Saturday
Evening
Scholarship for Avukah
Summer School Is
Announced
The presentation of "lolanthe," one of the most famous, and certainly the most farcical and delightfully ironic comic operas of the unparalleled musical team,, -^the late lamented Messrs. Guilbert and Sullivan, by the Hillel Players and Choral Club at the Southern Theatre last Saturday night, was an unqualified ar¬ tistic success. To say this much is quite trite. All previous Hillel presentations have heen the ' same., These hoys and girls have the knack of putting over things entirely way above of what may he expected of ordinary student organiza¬ tions. The presentation of "lolanthe" was professionally flawless, and not only that, but original in all its mechanical details. The stage settings, costumes, properties, were Httle less than lavish. The rising of the curtain at each act revealed perfectly convincing illusions of the localities in which the action was to take place. The fanciful picturesqueness of the Guilbert and Sullivan atmosphere was conveyed perfectly.
But the externalities ctf the show were merely the framework and served only to enhance the qualities of artistic action in which every member of the cast and the gorgeous choruses fully participated. Ladies first, would be .the rule of polite¬ ness. However, we must beglji by giving our bouquet to a mere male member of the cast, Sol Richard Kaplan, who played the role of the "very susceptible Chan¬ cellor." Every actor, we suppose, dreams of a role that would meet perfectly the qualities of his artistic nature. But this not often happens. Roles are not usually suited to the actor, he must re-interpret himself in it. -But with Mr, Kaplan the unusual, the extraordinary has happened. We believe he could have played the part without ever learning it. In actual, physical stature, facial expression, and bearing, in voice and every little manner¬ ism he suited the role, .or the role him to a "t." Accordingly, he was able to make, of it a performance that was a real revelation, a deeply satisfying artis¬ tic experience, for which alone the show was well worth seeing. He had two able assistants in the persons of John,C. Pixley and Morris Rosenthal, playing two other Lords lin the well known silly ass manner, which they both heartily en¬ joyed and the audience with them. This trio won the greatest number of open scene recalls perhaps in the history of Hillel performances. They deserved every handclap though. If there weren't so many other good numbers and good performers in the opera, we would still be sitting in the middle of the second act and listen to their refrain and laugh our head off over their little dance. But, here is to the ladies. Miss Fanny Shiff, as Fairy Queen, was regal to say the least. She has aii excellent alto voice, and she is a finished actress,—all four feet and some inches of her. She was a bit incongruous a? the queen of all the other somewhat larger fairies,—but the very incongruity perhaps added to the humor of the situation, which is what the authors aimed at anyway. Miss Dor¬ othy Icove as lolanthe came through the role beautifully, surprising even those who expected her to give a flawless per¬ formance. She has a most pleasant voice and a sweet stage personality. Miss Lu¬ cille Caudill as Phyllis was fresh and charming. We could go on enumerating in this fashion all the rest of the cast, but really the only thing to say about each and every one is that they were "good." The whole ensemble, the male chorus of 18 and girls' chorus of 15, has made the performance of lolanthe some¬ thing to be long remembered.
If there Is one man, however, who is responsible for all the result, the enthu- (Continued on page 4)
The National Avukah organization has made available a scholarship to Ehe.Avu¬ kah Summer School for a qualified Jew¬ ish student attending Ohio State Univer¬ sity. The scholarship amounts to one way fare and two weeks' stay at Camp Sco¬ pus on Lake George, New York, where the Avukah Summer School will be, held from June 19th to July 3rd.
A faculty of outstanding Zionist think¬ ers is being organized. Those who have already joined the Avukah Summer School staff are Mr. Jacob de 'Haas, Mr. Simon iHalkin, Prof. Horace M. Kallen, Prof, Mordecai M. Kaplan, Prof. Shalom Spiegel, Dr. Otto Wolfgang Brodnitz, Rabbi Samuel M. Blumenfield, Dr. Mitchell Salem Fisher, Mr. Joseph Shubow, and Mr. James Waterman Wise.
Any Jewish student of Ohio State University is qualified for this scholar¬ ship. Selection of the recipient for this scholarship will be based upon the stu¬ dent's scholastic -Standing and interest with leadership ability in Jewish cultural affairs of the campus; The committee of judges are Dr. Theodore Beckman of the College of Commerce and Adminis¬ tration, chairman; Rabbi Solomon Riv¬ lin, Bernard Grossman, Ethel Nutis, and Charles B. Zwelling.
Application to be considered as a can¬ didate for the scholarship must be made no later than March 29th. Application blanks may be had by calling Charles B. Zwelling, 1938 Sumn;iit St., Walnut 1702.
TORO'NTQ—The greatest problem facing the Jews of America today is dis¬ crimination in employment and in this situation the Jewess suffers even more than the Jew, declared Alfred M. Cohen, international president of B'nai B'rith, at the seventy-ninth annual meeting of District Grand Lodge No. 1, which in¬ cludes New York, now in session at the King Edward Hotel here.
The proceedings were opened by Judge Albert Cohn of New York, president of the District Grand Lodge, who reviewed the activities of the order during the i>ast year. More than 400 delegates from the United States and Canada arc in attend¬ ance.
Discussing the problem of employment discrimination against Jews, Mr. Cohen said that many "employment • agencies arc, of course, only foUowing the direc¬ tion of those who engage their services" in refusing to accept applications from Jews and Jewesses. Mr. Cohen an¬ nounced that the B'nai B'rith, in agree¬ ment with representatives of leading Jewish organizations in the United States, including a labor union, had formed a Conference on Employment Discrimination, which would make a "full investigation of the extent of the iniquitous practice and of those who are guilty of it, and then devise ways and means whereby no men or women shall be deprived of a livelihood because of the mode in which he or she approaches the Heavenly Father."
Americanization Needless
Reporting on the work done by the Americanization department. of B'nai B'rith which aims to make "every Jew in America an American," Mr. Cohen declared, that there is need of concerted action in Americanization work "not only because it is the duty of everyone who enjoys the protection of the government but because bills have been introduced in Congress in several successive sessions, the purpose of ;^hich is to require regis- [tration of aliens. If such a law is enacted, quite likely attempts to create bureau- traiic surveinatiCC'Of aliens and raising barriers to citizenship will followi"
Mr. Cohen also touched on the work of the B'nai B'rith in making Jewish college youth conscious of - its^ Jewish .respon¬ sibility through the Hillel Foundation. He said the time is not far off when the Foundations will function in Canadian colleges. He also cited the B'nai B'rith's
Entire Community Is Most Cordially Invited To
Witness Initiation bf a Large Class Into
Zion Lodge Monday Evening
New Degree Team Will Induct a Class of 25 Candidates—Also
Special Election of Delegates To Distriet Convention Will
Take Place at the New Virginia Hotel, Corner
Third and Gay Streets at 8 p. m.
The entire Jewish community is most cordially invited to witness the grand initiation exercises of a class of twenty-five candidates to be held Monday evening, May ajth, at the New Virginia Hotel, Cor. Third and Gay Streets, at 8;oo o'clock. This will be one of the most aus-i picious and significant events of this year's calendar of the local B'nai B'rith Lodge. Similar initiations are being held at the same time throughout the district as a result of the recent membership drive. There will also take'place at this meeting a special election of delegates to the forthcoming district convention to be held at Fre|ich Lick, Ind. All past presidents are urged to be present so as to enable the membership" to select their representatives to this most important conference.
The new degree team of Zion Lodge will officiate at the solemn and inspiring ceremonies bi induction. In issuing their public invitation, the officers of Zion Lodge emphasize the fact that this meeting will be open to the ladies as well as the men, to non-members as well as mem¬ bers. Be sure you are there Monday evening. May 25th, at the New Virginia Hotel, Third and Gay Streets. '
Leaders in Reform Judaism
Will AUend Sessions of
Union Executive Board
Jewish Pupils Are Well Rep¬ resented in Local Jour¬ nalistic Circles
The local Jewish population is well represented in city high school journalis¬ tic circles. In quantity and quality of writers the "Central Outlook" takes the lead, followed by the South High "Op¬ tic."
On the "Outlook's" staff appears fore¬ most the name of Hyman Rosenthal, editor-in-chief, who is one of thC' most capable writers ever td head the paper; and assisting Mr. Rosenthal are Joseph Minkin, associate editor, who is also quite an able scribe; and Irving Seff who is headlines writer. In the reportorial ranks are: Lena Fish, who takes care of Humor; Helen Berliner, Mildred Topper and Janet Richman.
In the "Optic's" masthead looms fore¬ most, Norman Katz as co-editor, a man of considerable ability. Incidentally, two of his brothers held the editorship before him; Mr. Katz necessarily has to divide honors with a post-graduate. Martin Horowitz also writes for the "Optic."
Other Jewish youngsters devoting their talents .to journalistic learnings are Mor¬ ris Cohen, assistant editor of the East High "X-Ray," and Wolfe Zapolan.
Theodore Finkelstein and Salar Olive Seff,' recent East graduates, were both editors on the "X-Ray" staff.
work in Palestine, including the con¬ struction of the city lihrary in Jerusalem, the community center in Tel Aviv, house building and the Hebrew Teachers' Col¬ lege in Jerusalem. ;
In closing he pointed out that when B'nai B'rith was founded 88 years ago there were only 25,000 Jews in the United States and that today there are 4,500,000 Jews-in the country..
Canadian Lodges Confer
Simultaneously with the meeting of District Grand Lodge No. 1, a conference of eight Canadian lodges, which are part of District No. 1, is also in session. This conference voted to continue its annual $350 scholarship to the Hebrew Univer¬ sity for a further period of ten years. Acting upon the^recommendation of the Anti-Defamation League committee, it unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at securing legislation in Canada to pro¬ hibit the publication and distribution of any, matter that is defamatory to any group or. sect and to make such pubUca- tibn or discrimination a criminal offense.
Judge. Cohn was reelected president of District Lodge No. 1. Louis M. Singer of Toronto was named first vice-presi¬ dent; Benjamin J. Shulman of Boston, second vice-president; Frank Goldman of Lowell, Mass., third vice-president; Joshua Kantarowitz of New. York, president of the board of governors of the B'nai B'rith Home in Yonkers; Wil¬ liam Oshcr of New York, treasurer, and Lawrence White of New York, secre¬ tary.
Ludwig Vogelstein, Chairman, Return¬ ing from Europe to Preelde May SOth-Slst
TO ATTEND GRADUATION
Twenty-Four Cities of Country Repre¬ sented Among Membera of the Executive Board
J. W. Steinhauser, President of Jewish Welfare
Federation, Appoints Finance Committee
At Board Meeting
Report For the First Four Months of 1931 Is Submitted By Miss
Rose Sugrarman, Executive Secretary of Local Organization
Number of Emergency Cases Increase
OXFORD PLANS TO HONOR EINSTEIN
LONDON—It is proposed to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Sci¬ ence Oli Professor Albert Einstein dur¬ ing his present stay at Oxford as Rhodes Lecturer. Subject to the approval of a convocation, the degree will be conferred on May 23.
The following members of the Finance Committee of the'Jewish Welfare Fed¬ eration were appointed by the president, J. W. Steinhauser: Joseph Basch, Edw. J. Goodman, Allen Gundersheimer, Fred Lazarus, Jr., and E; J. Schanfarber.
The following report of activities of the Jewish Welfare Federation Relief and Social Service Division was pre¬ sented at the meeting:
The Social Service Committee has held two meetings during the first four months of 1&31 on. February 6th and March 16th.
The, total number of cases dealt with during this period was 221 classified as follows: Transients—115; inquiries re¬ quiring investigations—17; families—89; totalr-231. Of this number 120 were new cases, 2fl were reopened, and QS were un¬ der continuous care. N
Of the 116 transients, 99 were provided with shelter and meals, 3 received meals only, and 2 medical care including hos¬ pitalization.
The total number. of families whose problems were* brought to our attention was 89, consisting of HG adults, 24S chil¬ dren, a total of 394. individuals.
The total number of cases receiving relief was thirty-one, ccmsisting of 54 adults, 86 children, and 00 transients.
The total amount of money spent in actual relief for this period was: Material relief, medical relief,
board and lodging $3,541.96
Institutional relief i. 3,275.00
ASSOCIATES TO COMPLETE MICHELSON'S EXPERIMENT
PASADENA, CAL.—The last experi¬ ment of pr. Albert Michelson, inter¬ rupted by death, will be completed by his associates, it was announced here. It will be finished as the great scientist originally planned. Four days before his death he dictated from his sickbed an outline of the Sfjietitific paper which will eventually announce the results of his experiment.
287.01; for the first four months of 1931, ^,541.96. an increase of $1,254.94.
Present economic conditions have brought to us greater responsibilities than ever. Unemployment and illness are the major causes of our increased number of families applying for assistance. The most difficult family problems are those in which mental illness exists—these re¬ quire the most careful, patient, and sym¬ pathetic treatment.
We are happy to report that though the requirements are greater, there has been no need which we have been called upon to meet, which we have not re¬ sponded to. We have not cut the budgets of our needy families. We are.indeed fortunate that we are in a position to give our families an adequate budget, far in excess of those granted by other agencies upon whom the pressure for relief has been far greater than ours.
We have exerted every effort to rendei constructive service to every Jewish family in need of social^ or financial aS'
Total , $6,816-96
A comparison of the volume of work during the entire year of 1930 with the first four months of 1931 gives you con¬ cretely the increased volume for 1931. First Four I93(f Months, 1931 Transients 173 115
Inquiries 31 17
Fatnilies 143 89
Total 347 221
The total amount of actual relief for the first four months oE 1930 was |2,-
sistance. We have assisted them with the purpose of independence, stressing the conservation of the family's unity. AmQi^ the problems brought to our at¬ tention were those of unemployment, so¬ cial mal-adjustment, domestic difficulty, insufficient incon^e, under-employraent, general illness, mental illness, Insanity, drug addiction, property adjustment,.old age, widowhood, desertion, parental care, non-support of dependent parents and children, child care, supervision of board¬ ing homes, and business aid.
Moses Maimonides, the wisest of sages, promulgated the greatest principles of assistance in the following- words:
"The eighth form of charity, and the most meritorious of all, is to anticipate charity, by preventing poverty; namely, to assist the reduced fellownian, either by an adequate gift, or a loan of money, or by teaching him a trade, or hy putting him in the way of business, so that he may earn an honest livelihood; and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity," Many men who have come to our organization in temporarily embarrassed financial cir¬ cumstances and who accepted assistance in the form of a loan, have been granted the right to retain their self-respect.
Our Dental Clinic, which has been (Cotitinutd on page 4)
CINCINNATI—Lay leaders and rab¬ bis who are members of the Ejcecutive Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations will attend,the board's im¬ portant summer meeting Saturday, and Sunday, May 30th-31st, in CincinnatL
Important executive and administrative matters, including consideration of the budget, are on the agenda.
David A. Brown of New York City is chairman of the Union's Board of Finance.
The Board will gather Saturday, May 30th, ¦¦ at the Hotel Sinton-St. Nicholas , foi" dinner at 6:30 p. m. and a meeting at 8 p. m. On Sunday, May 31st, the Board will meet at 9:30 a. m. and will dine at 1:30 p. m. at the same hotel.,
Members will attend thie. graduation exercises in the College Chapel Saturday, May 30fh, at 2:30 p. m. and dedication^' of the new $230,000 H. U; C. Library Building Sunday, May Slst, at 3 p. nt. Mr. Vogclstein Returning Ludwig Vogelstein, New York City, is chairman of the Executive Board and is returning from Europe May 33rd in order to be present for the deliberations. Executive Board members and their respective cities follow: Albany, N. Y.—Simon W. Rosendale. Baltimore, Md.—Henry Oppenheimer, Aaron Straus.
Birmingham, Ala.—Dr.^ Morris New- field. Boston—Carl J. Kaffenburgh. Buffalo, N. Y.—Herman Wile. Chicago—Harry Gottlieb, Julius Rosen¬ wald, Jacob L. Schnadig, Dr. Joseph Stolz.
Cincinnati—N. Henry Beckman, Alfred M. Cohen, Julius W. Freiberg, Simeon M. Johnson, Robert P. Goldman, Jacob W. Mack, Dr. Julian Morgenstern, Her¬ bert C. Oettinger, William Ornstein, Carl E. Pritz, Charies Shohl.
Cleveland—Bcrnhard H. Sinks, Eu¬ gene E. Wolf,
Dallas, Tex.—Dr. David Lefkowitz. Daytona Beach, Fla.—Isaac W. Bern- helm. Detroit—Mil ford Stern. Hartford, Conn.—Isidore Wise. Indianapolis—Gustave A. Efroymson. Los Angeles—Dr. David W. Edelman. '
Among Those on Board Milwaukee—A. L. Saltzstein. Newark, N. J.—^Jacob L. Newman, Louis Schlesinger. New Orleans—S. Walter Stem, New York City—^Ben Altheimer, Da¬ vid M. Bressler, David A. Brown, Dr. Lee K. Frankel» Charles P. Kramer, Nathaniel H. Lyons, Henry Morgenthau, Adolph S. Ochs, Roger W. Straus, Ar¬ thur Hays Sulzberger, Ludwig Vogel¬ stein.
Philadelphia—Joseph J. Greenberg, Judge Horace Stern.
Pittsburgh—Marcus Aaron, Dr. Sam¬ uel H. Goldenson, Marcus Rauh, A, Leo Weil.
Portland, Ore.—Roscoe C Nelson, Adolph Wolfe.
St. Louis—Edwin B. Meissncr, Mau¬ rice Steinfeld, Aaron Waldheim.
San Francisco—Louis S. Haaa, Judge M. C. Sloss.
Wasliington, D. C—Maurice D. Rosen¬ berg.

2^^l|S|v|^§^j^g;^^^^^^^»
Central Ohio's Only
Jewish Newspaper
Reaching Every Home
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR THE JEWISH HOME
Devoted to American
and
Jewish Ideals
Vol. XV-^No. 21
COLUMBUS, OHIO, MAY 22, 1931
Per Year $3.00; Per Copy loc
By the Way
By David Schwartz
Confirmation Services-Temple Israel, 18th and Bryden Road
The Nordic Benjamin
There is an old saw to the effect that —anybody can be a fool, but it takes a genius to be a blank foot. Of course, blank is something of a polite euphemism. I am reminded of that old proverb just now after tlipping throUgli a book on Jefferson Davis, the President of the Confederate States.
The author of the book ia a historian by the name of Eckenrodc, a man who is competent in his field. Yet he sees the old battle between the North and the South as merely a struggle between the Nordic and non-Nordic elements for sur¬ vival. To him, the stand of the South was one of the last stands of the Nordic. Ridiculous as this is, the author makes himself more ridiculous by criticizing vir¬ tually all of the members of Jefferson Davis' cabinet, all save a few, one of whom is the Jew, Judah P. Benjamin.
In other words, according to this, au¬ thor, Benjamin became one of the main¬ springs in behalf of Nordic civilization I Wagner's Fantastic Theory Education, which explodes myths, seems to he able to breed quite as many as it explodes. Nothing is so absurd, but a good rationizer can turn it into a plausible philosophy,
.As Eckenrode turns the Southern fight into a Nordic fight, so Wagner developed a fantastic idea of the incapability of the Jew in music. Yet, almost all of the or¬ chestra leaders that produced his works were Jews.
Isn't Logic Wonderful? Yes, logic is a powerful thing. Sly fa¬ vorite .illustration of its powers of dis¬ tortion is that offered by Montaigne The great Frenchman showed that you can prove that pickles are thirst quenching. Pickles, he argued, make you drink. Drink is thirst quenching. Therefore, pickles are thirst quenching.
Purple Blooded Jevrs With the king of Roumania apparently persisting, according to the papers,-in his intention of making Mme. Lupcscu his wife, and with the Abyssinian king mar¬ rying a Jewess, we Jews will soon be swimming ih royal blood.
The truth is that in the royal veins gen¬ erally there is quite a bit of the Jewish red. The Austrian royal house, accord¬ ing to some, is the offspring of a Se¬ phardic Jew.
And the Spanish royalty has quite a Jewish mixture, " Old Ferdinand, the , spouse x>f .Isabella, was the son or grand¬ son—I don't recall which—of a Jewish mother.
Not All Esthers I suppose the average Jew takes delight in thinking of these Jewish queens. He! immediately begins to. think of Queen' Esther, who saved her people by marry¬ ing the Persian monarch.
I personally lack this consolation and assurance. I cannot help think of Ferdinand, Jewish grandson, who stood by and even approved of the terrible Spanish Inquisition.'
Chaplin and Nationalism
The Jew has been accused of being an
internationalist. Many of us have tried
to deny it, because internationalism seems
to conflict with patriotism.
Mr. Chaplin in London has just created something of a sensation by attacking patriotism as "insanity,",and contending that it will soon lead us into another war.
There is no question that the common., garden variety of patriotism is narrow¬ ing, selfish and something that we'll have to outgrow.
.There is, however, a form of patri¬ otisin—the natural love of a person for those nearest to him—which is quite nat¬ ural and which will probably always en¬ dure.
Interplanetariats But what I am thinking about now is another thing. Here, we have been ac¬ cused oi being internationalists. I. .look at Michelson, who has just died—I think of Einstein-^ and I am afraid that soon the charge will be that we've gone even beyond the . international—and become cosmic.
Calvin Coolidge at one time made the statement that if Michelson had put his mind to applied scienct, he could have become as distinguished in that field as Edison.
But Michelson, with the exception of some things in optics, confined himself to measuring things millions of mile? away from the earth. And Einstein, too, thinks of the Milky Wayr-and all of those other things in the neighboring suns, stars, and planets.
I wonder if some day, we Jews won't be accused—not of being internationalists, . but of being intcrplanetarists, or cos- micists. I
Michelson and Grant They told Michelson at Annapolis, when he was studying at - the Naval Academy, that if he attended to his "gunnery" instead of his, other scientific thingamajigs in which he was interested, that he might in time he of some service to his country.
Michelson got his appointment to An¬ napolis through the special favor of president Grant, and it is an odd fact that - Grant himself was looked upon rather askew while he was a student at the Military Academy.
And Grant liked the Military Academy, as little as the Military Academy relished him. While Grant was a student there, some member of Congress introduced a bill for the abolition of the Military Academy, and Grant watched the papers anxiously, hoping that the bill would pass, so that he would have an excuse for abandoning his military studies. Two Kinds of Notes A German hanker by the name of Fe¬ lix Mendelsohn has just been elected president of the International Chamber of Commerce which has just been meet¬ ing in Washington, He is a scion of the famous Mendel- (Contiitiifd on pagt 4)
Sunday Morning at 9:30, May 24th, 1931
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The following boys and girls will be consecrated into Judaism;
Helen Louise Arnold..; i 430 Morrison Avenue
Mildred Elaine Bottighcimcr ' 538 Carpenter Street
Robert A. GHck 081 S(>uth Columbia Avenue
Byron Richard Goldman 2545 Sherwood Road
Evelyn Jane Goldstein 17'1'1 Oak Street
Barbara Ann Jacobs. 403 N. Columbia Avenue
Rose E. Lazarus 172 S. Columbia Avenue
Robert Joseph Lehman... .' , , 1G32 Bryden Road
Madalync Lcc Maybrook.,., ^ ^ G85 Kimball Place
Ruth Deborah Miller...i. .'..*. ,.¦,.;..,76 Bullitt Park Place
Edith Sadousky .710 E. F\ilton Street
Faye Frances Silberstein ; 811 Pleasant Ridge Avenue
Betty Wallach ....;. .1340 Bryden Road
Owing to the great demand for scats on this day members are urged to be in Temple at 9:30. This service is easily one of our most beautiful and impressive of the entire year.
B'nai B'rith Head Sees Job Discrimination Chief Prob¬ lem Now Facing Jews
'iolanthe" Well Received by
Hundreds Present at Both
Performances
Will Be Repeated at Cleveland Public
Auditorium This Saturday
Evening
Scholarship for Avukah
Summer School Is
Announced
The presentation of "lolanthe," one of the most famous, and certainly the most farcical and delightfully ironic comic operas of the unparalleled musical team,, -^the late lamented Messrs. Guilbert and Sullivan, by the Hillel Players and Choral Club at the Southern Theatre last Saturday night, was an unqualified ar¬ tistic success. To say this much is quite trite. All previous Hillel presentations have heen the ' same., These hoys and girls have the knack of putting over things entirely way above of what may he expected of ordinary student organiza¬ tions. The presentation of "lolanthe" was professionally flawless, and not only that, but original in all its mechanical details. The stage settings, costumes, properties, were Httle less than lavish. The rising of the curtain at each act revealed perfectly convincing illusions of the localities in which the action was to take place. The fanciful picturesqueness of the Guilbert and Sullivan atmosphere was conveyed perfectly.
But the externalities ctf the show were merely the framework and served only to enhance the qualities of artistic action in which every member of the cast and the gorgeous choruses fully participated. Ladies first, would be .the rule of polite¬ ness. However, we must beglji by giving our bouquet to a mere male member of the cast, Sol Richard Kaplan, who played the role of the "very susceptible Chan¬ cellor." Every actor, we suppose, dreams of a role that would meet perfectly the qualities of his artistic nature. But this not often happens. Roles are not usually suited to the actor, he must re-interpret himself in it. -But with Mr, Kaplan the unusual, the extraordinary has happened. We believe he could have played the part without ever learning it. In actual, physical stature, facial expression, and bearing, in voice and every little manner¬ ism he suited the role, .or the role him to a "t." Accordingly, he was able to make, of it a performance that was a real revelation, a deeply satisfying artis¬ tic experience, for which alone the show was well worth seeing. He had two able assistants in the persons of John,C. Pixley and Morris Rosenthal, playing two other Lords lin the well known silly ass manner, which they both heartily en¬ joyed and the audience with them. This trio won the greatest number of open scene recalls perhaps in the history of Hillel performances. They deserved every handclap though. If there weren't so many other good numbers and good performers in the opera, we would still be sitting in the middle of the second act and listen to their refrain and laugh our head off over their little dance. But, here is to the ladies. Miss Fanny Shiff, as Fairy Queen, was regal to say the least. She has aii excellent alto voice, and she is a finished actress,—all four feet and some inches of her. She was a bit incongruous a? the queen of all the other somewhat larger fairies,—but the very incongruity perhaps added to the humor of the situation, which is what the authors aimed at anyway. Miss Dor¬ othy Icove as lolanthe came through the role beautifully, surprising even those who expected her to give a flawless per¬ formance. She has a most pleasant voice and a sweet stage personality. Miss Lu¬ cille Caudill as Phyllis was fresh and charming. We could go on enumerating in this fashion all the rest of the cast, but really the only thing to say about each and every one is that they were "good." The whole ensemble, the male chorus of 18 and girls' chorus of 15, has made the performance of lolanthe some¬ thing to be long remembered.
If there Is one man, however, who is responsible for all the result, the enthu- (Continued on page 4)
The National Avukah organization has made available a scholarship to Ehe.Avu¬ kah Summer School for a qualified Jew¬ ish student attending Ohio State Univer¬ sity. The scholarship amounts to one way fare and two weeks' stay at Camp Sco¬ pus on Lake George, New York, where the Avukah Summer School will be, held from June 19th to July 3rd.
A faculty of outstanding Zionist think¬ ers is being organized. Those who have already joined the Avukah Summer School staff are Mr. Jacob de 'Haas, Mr. Simon iHalkin, Prof. Horace M. Kallen, Prof, Mordecai M. Kaplan, Prof. Shalom Spiegel, Dr. Otto Wolfgang Brodnitz, Rabbi Samuel M. Blumenfield, Dr. Mitchell Salem Fisher, Mr. Joseph Shubow, and Mr. James Waterman Wise.
Any Jewish student of Ohio State University is qualified for this scholar¬ ship. Selection of the recipient for this scholarship will be based upon the stu¬ dent's scholastic -Standing and interest with leadership ability in Jewish cultural affairs of the campus; The committee of judges are Dr. Theodore Beckman of the College of Commerce and Adminis¬ tration, chairman; Rabbi Solomon Riv¬ lin, Bernard Grossman, Ethel Nutis, and Charles B. Zwelling.
Application to be considered as a can¬ didate for the scholarship must be made no later than March 29th. Application blanks may be had by calling Charles B. Zwelling, 1938 Sumn;iit St., Walnut 1702.
TORO'NTQ—The greatest problem facing the Jews of America today is dis¬ crimination in employment and in this situation the Jewess suffers even more than the Jew, declared Alfred M. Cohen, international president of B'nai B'rith, at the seventy-ninth annual meeting of District Grand Lodge No. 1, which in¬ cludes New York, now in session at the King Edward Hotel here.
The proceedings were opened by Judge Albert Cohn of New York, president of the District Grand Lodge, who reviewed the activities of the order during the i>ast year. More than 400 delegates from the United States and Canada arc in attend¬ ance.
Discussing the problem of employment discrimination against Jews, Mr. Cohen said that many "employment • agencies arc, of course, only foUowing the direc¬ tion of those who engage their services" in refusing to accept applications from Jews and Jewesses. Mr. Cohen an¬ nounced that the B'nai B'rith, in agree¬ ment with representatives of leading Jewish organizations in the United States, including a labor union, had formed a Conference on Employment Discrimination, which would make a "full investigation of the extent of the iniquitous practice and of those who are guilty of it, and then devise ways and means whereby no men or women shall be deprived of a livelihood because of the mode in which he or she approaches the Heavenly Father."
Americanization Needless
Reporting on the work done by the Americanization department. of B'nai B'rith which aims to make "every Jew in America an American," Mr. Cohen declared, that there is need of concerted action in Americanization work "not only because it is the duty of everyone who enjoys the protection of the government but because bills have been introduced in Congress in several successive sessions, the purpose of ;^hich is to require regis- [tration of aliens. If such a law is enacted, quite likely attempts to create bureau- traiic surveinatiCC'Of aliens and raising barriers to citizenship will followi"
Mr. Cohen also touched on the work of the B'nai B'rith in making Jewish college youth conscious of - its^ Jewish .respon¬ sibility through the Hillel Foundation. He said the time is not far off when the Foundations will function in Canadian colleges. He also cited the B'nai B'rith's
Entire Community Is Most Cordially Invited To
Witness Initiation bf a Large Class Into
Zion Lodge Monday Evening
New Degree Team Will Induct a Class of 25 Candidates—Also
Special Election of Delegates To Distriet Convention Will
Take Place at the New Virginia Hotel, Corner
Third and Gay Streets at 8 p. m.
The entire Jewish community is most cordially invited to witness the grand initiation exercises of a class of twenty-five candidates to be held Monday evening, May ajth, at the New Virginia Hotel, Cor. Third and Gay Streets, at 8;oo o'clock. This will be one of the most aus-i picious and significant events of this year's calendar of the local B'nai B'rith Lodge. Similar initiations are being held at the same time throughout the district as a result of the recent membership drive. There will also take'place at this meeting a special election of delegates to the forthcoming district convention to be held at Fre|ich Lick, Ind. All past presidents are urged to be present so as to enable the membership" to select their representatives to this most important conference.
The new degree team of Zion Lodge will officiate at the solemn and inspiring ceremonies bi induction. In issuing their public invitation, the officers of Zion Lodge emphasize the fact that this meeting will be open to the ladies as well as the men, to non-members as well as mem¬ bers. Be sure you are there Monday evening. May 25th, at the New Virginia Hotel, Third and Gay Streets. '
Leaders in Reform Judaism
Will AUend Sessions of
Union Executive Board
Jewish Pupils Are Well Rep¬ resented in Local Jour¬ nalistic Circles
The local Jewish population is well represented in city high school journalis¬ tic circles. In quantity and quality of writers the "Central Outlook" takes the lead, followed by the South High "Op¬ tic."
On the "Outlook's" staff appears fore¬ most the name of Hyman Rosenthal, editor-in-chief, who is one of thC' most capable writers ever td head the paper; and assisting Mr. Rosenthal are Joseph Minkin, associate editor, who is also quite an able scribe; and Irving Seff who is headlines writer. In the reportorial ranks are: Lena Fish, who takes care of Humor; Helen Berliner, Mildred Topper and Janet Richman.
In the "Optic's" masthead looms fore¬ most, Norman Katz as co-editor, a man of considerable ability. Incidentally, two of his brothers held the editorship before him; Mr. Katz necessarily has to divide honors with a post-graduate. Martin Horowitz also writes for the "Optic."
Other Jewish youngsters devoting their talents .to journalistic learnings are Mor¬ ris Cohen, assistant editor of the East High "X-Ray," and Wolfe Zapolan.
Theodore Finkelstein and Salar Olive Seff,' recent East graduates, were both editors on the "X-Ray" staff.
work in Palestine, including the con¬ struction of the city lihrary in Jerusalem, the community center in Tel Aviv, house building and the Hebrew Teachers' Col¬ lege in Jerusalem. ;
In closing he pointed out that when B'nai B'rith was founded 88 years ago there were only 25,000 Jews in the United States and that today there are 4,500,000 Jews-in the country..
Canadian Lodges Confer
Simultaneously with the meeting of District Grand Lodge No. 1, a conference of eight Canadian lodges, which are part of District No. 1, is also in session. This conference voted to continue its annual $350 scholarship to the Hebrew Univer¬ sity for a further period of ten years. Acting upon the^recommendation of the Anti-Defamation League committee, it unanimously adopted a resolution aimed at securing legislation in Canada to pro¬ hibit the publication and distribution of any, matter that is defamatory to any group or. sect and to make such pubUca- tibn or discrimination a criminal offense.
Judge. Cohn was reelected president of District Lodge No. 1. Louis M. Singer of Toronto was named first vice-presi¬ dent; Benjamin J. Shulman of Boston, second vice-president; Frank Goldman of Lowell, Mass., third vice-president; Joshua Kantarowitz of New. York, president of the board of governors of the B'nai B'rith Home in Yonkers; Wil¬ liam Oshcr of New York, treasurer, and Lawrence White of New York, secre¬ tary.
Ludwig Vogelstein, Chairman, Return¬ ing from Europe to Preelde May SOth-Slst
TO ATTEND GRADUATION
Twenty-Four Cities of Country Repre¬ sented Among Membera of the Executive Board
J. W. Steinhauser, President of Jewish Welfare
Federation, Appoints Finance Committee
At Board Meeting
Report For the First Four Months of 1931 Is Submitted By Miss
Rose Sugrarman, Executive Secretary of Local Organization
Number of Emergency Cases Increase
OXFORD PLANS TO HONOR EINSTEIN
LONDON—It is proposed to confer the honorary degree of Doctor of Sci¬ ence Oli Professor Albert Einstein dur¬ ing his present stay at Oxford as Rhodes Lecturer. Subject to the approval of a convocation, the degree will be conferred on May 23.
The following members of the Finance Committee of the'Jewish Welfare Fed¬ eration were appointed by the president, J. W. Steinhauser: Joseph Basch, Edw. J. Goodman, Allen Gundersheimer, Fred Lazarus, Jr., and E; J. Schanfarber.
The following report of activities of the Jewish Welfare Federation Relief and Social Service Division was pre¬ sented at the meeting:
The Social Service Committee has held two meetings during the first four months of 1&31 on. February 6th and March 16th.
The, total number of cases dealt with during this period was 221 classified as follows: Transients—115; inquiries re¬ quiring investigations—17; families—89; totalr-231. Of this number 120 were new cases, 2fl were reopened, and QS were un¬ der continuous care. N
Of the 116 transients, 99 were provided with shelter and meals, 3 received meals only, and 2 medical care including hos¬ pitalization.
The total number. of families whose problems were* brought to our attention was 89, consisting of HG adults, 24S chil¬ dren, a total of 394. individuals.
The total number of cases receiving relief was thirty-one, ccmsisting of 54 adults, 86 children, and 00 transients.
The total amount of money spent in actual relief for this period was: Material relief, medical relief,
board and lodging $3,541.96
Institutional relief i. 3,275.00
ASSOCIATES TO COMPLETE MICHELSON'S EXPERIMENT
PASADENA, CAL.—The last experi¬ ment of pr. Albert Michelson, inter¬ rupted by death, will be completed by his associates, it was announced here. It will be finished as the great scientist originally planned. Four days before his death he dictated from his sickbed an outline of the Sfjietitific paper which will eventually announce the results of his experiment.
287.01; for the first four months of 1931, ^,541.96. an increase of $1,254.94.
Present economic conditions have brought to us greater responsibilities than ever. Unemployment and illness are the major causes of our increased number of families applying for assistance. The most difficult family problems are those in which mental illness exists—these re¬ quire the most careful, patient, and sym¬ pathetic treatment.
We are happy to report that though the requirements are greater, there has been no need which we have been called upon to meet, which we have not re¬ sponded to. We have not cut the budgets of our needy families. We are.indeed fortunate that we are in a position to give our families an adequate budget, far in excess of those granted by other agencies upon whom the pressure for relief has been far greater than ours.
We have exerted every effort to rendei constructive service to every Jewish family in need of social^ or financial aS'
Total , $6,816-96
A comparison of the volume of work during the entire year of 1930 with the first four months of 1931 gives you con¬ cretely the increased volume for 1931. First Four I93(f Months, 1931 Transients 173 115
Inquiries 31 17
Fatnilies 143 89
Total 347 221
The total amount of actual relief for the first four months oE 1930 was |2,-
sistance. We have assisted them with the purpose of independence, stressing the conservation of the family's unity. AmQi^ the problems brought to our at¬ tention were those of unemployment, so¬ cial mal-adjustment, domestic difficulty, insufficient incon^e, under-employraent, general illness, mental illness, Insanity, drug addiction, property adjustment,.old age, widowhood, desertion, parental care, non-support of dependent parents and children, child care, supervision of board¬ ing homes, and business aid.
Moses Maimonides, the wisest of sages, promulgated the greatest principles of assistance in the following- words:
"The eighth form of charity, and the most meritorious of all, is to anticipate charity, by preventing poverty; namely, to assist the reduced fellownian, either by an adequate gift, or a loan of money, or by teaching him a trade, or hy putting him in the way of business, so that he may earn an honest livelihood; and not be forced to the dreadful alternative of holding out his hand for charity," Many men who have come to our organization in temporarily embarrassed financial cir¬ cumstances and who accepted assistance in the form of a loan, have been granted the right to retain their self-respect.
Our Dental Clinic, which has been (Cotitinutd on page 4)
CINCINNATI—Lay leaders and rab¬ bis who are members of the Ejcecutive Board of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations will attend,the board's im¬ portant summer meeting Saturday, and Sunday, May 30th-31st, in CincinnatL
Important executive and administrative matters, including consideration of the budget, are on the agenda.
David A. Brown of New York City is chairman of the Union's Board of Finance.
The Board will gather Saturday, May 30th, ¦¦ at the Hotel Sinton-St. Nicholas , foi" dinner at 6:30 p. m. and a meeting at 8 p. m. On Sunday, May 31st, the Board will meet at 9:30 a. m. and will dine at 1:30 p. m. at the same hotel.,
Members will attend thie. graduation exercises in the College Chapel Saturday, May 30fh, at 2:30 p. m. and dedication^' of the new $230,000 H. U; C. Library Building Sunday, May Slst, at 3 p. nt. Mr. Vogclstein Returning Ludwig Vogelstein, New York City, is chairman of the Executive Board and is returning from Europe May 33rd in order to be present for the deliberations. Executive Board members and their respective cities follow: Albany, N. Y.—Simon W. Rosendale. Baltimore, Md.—Henry Oppenheimer, Aaron Straus.
Birmingham, Ala.—Dr.^ Morris New- field. Boston—Carl J. Kaffenburgh. Buffalo, N. Y.—Herman Wile. Chicago—Harry Gottlieb, Julius Rosen¬ wald, Jacob L. Schnadig, Dr. Joseph Stolz.
Cincinnati—N. Henry Beckman, Alfred M. Cohen, Julius W. Freiberg, Simeon M. Johnson, Robert P. Goldman, Jacob W. Mack, Dr. Julian Morgenstern, Her¬ bert C. Oettinger, William Ornstein, Carl E. Pritz, Charies Shohl.
Cleveland—Bcrnhard H. Sinks, Eu¬ gene E. Wolf,
Dallas, Tex.—Dr. David Lefkowitz. Daytona Beach, Fla.—Isaac W. Bern- helm. Detroit—Mil ford Stern. Hartford, Conn.—Isidore Wise. Indianapolis—Gustave A. Efroymson. Los Angeles—Dr. David W. Edelman. '
Among Those on Board Milwaukee—A. L. Saltzstein. Newark, N. J.—^Jacob L. Newman, Louis Schlesinger. New Orleans—S. Walter Stem, New York City—^Ben Altheimer, Da¬ vid M. Bressler, David A. Brown, Dr. Lee K. Frankel» Charles P. Kramer, Nathaniel H. Lyons, Henry Morgenthau, Adolph S. Ochs, Roger W. Straus, Ar¬ thur Hays Sulzberger, Ludwig Vogel¬ stein.
Philadelphia—Joseph J. Greenberg, Judge Horace Stern.
Pittsburgh—Marcus Aaron, Dr. Sam¬ uel H. Goldenson, Marcus Rauh, A, Leo Weil.
Portland, Ore.—Roscoe C Nelson, Adolph Wolfe.
St. Louis—Edwin B. Meissncr, Mau¬ rice Steinfeld, Aaron Waldheim.
San Francisco—Louis S. Haaa, Judge M. C. Sloss.
Wasliington, D. C—Maurice D. Rosen¬ berg.